Pomaria (Summer–Huggins House) Explained

Pomaria
Location:Southeast of Pomaria on U.S. Route 176, near Pomaria, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.2542°N -81.3856°W
Built:c., 1840
Architecture:Greek Revival, Gothic, Carpenter Gothic
Added:April 24, 1979
Refnum:79003321

Pomaria, also known as the Summer–Huggins House, is a historic plantation house located near Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, frame dwelling on a raised basement with Greek Revival and Federal style design elements. It features a two-story, projecting pedimented portico. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, a board and batten privy, and a Carpenter Gothic post office, which served as the first post office in the Dutch Fork. Pomaria Nurseries were begun on the plantation in 1840.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michele Barovsky and Nancy Fox . Pomaria. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 1979 . June 29, 2014.
  2. Web site: Pomaria, Newberry County (U.S. Hwy. 176, Pomaria vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . June 29, 2014.